Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), known officially as the Republic of Turkey
(About this sound Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a country
located 97% in Asia (mostly in the Anatolian peninsula) and 3% in East
Thrace in Europe.

Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. The vast majority
of the population are Muslims. The country's official language is
Turkish, whereas Kurdish and Zazaki languages are spoken by Kurds and
Zazas, who comprise 18% of the population.

A turkey is a large bird in the genus Meleagris. One species,
Meleagris gallopavo, commonly known as the Wild Turkey, is native to
the forests of North America. The domestic turkey is a descendant of
this species.

Ocellated Turkey, native to the forests of the Yucatán Peninsula.
There are several extinct species dating from as far back as 23
million years ago.
Turkeys are classed in the taxonomic order of Galliformes.

Turkey (Turkish: Türkiye), known officially as the Republic of Turkey
(Tur-Türkiye_Cumhuriyeti.ogg Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (help·info)), is a
Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in
western Asia and Thrace (Rumelia) in the Balkan region of southeastern
Europe.

Turkey has come to acquire increasing strategic significance.
Turks are the largest ethnic group with minorities of Kurds. Islam is
the predominant religion, and the official language is the Turkish
language.

Turkey is the successor state to the Ottoman Empire, a major
historical power which lasted for more than six centuries on three
continents, controlling most of Southeastern Europe, the Middle East
and North Africa.

Turkey (Türkiye) is on the Mediterranean, in the Anatolian region
of West Asia, with a small section in Southeastern Europe separated by
the Turkish Straits (Bosphorus, Sea of Marmara, and Dardanelles).

Turkey was founded in 1923 from the remnants of the Ottoman Empire.
Soon thereafter the country instituted secular laws to replace
traditional religious fiats. In 1945 Turkey joined the UN, and in 1952
it became a member of NATO.

Photojournalism in Turkey has remained
significant; Turkish newspaper readers were accustomed to seeing
full-colour photographs in their papers a full decade before they
began to be used sparingly in the North American press.

This body of images, from Turkey and elsewhere, has been
the subject of intense scrutiny in recent years by scholars interested
in using the photographs to understand the complex political,
economic, and cultural relationships between the European powers and
other regions in this period.

Turkey is a major producer and
exporter of chromite and also mines iron ore, coal, lignite, bauxite,
and copper. It is the Middle East's leading steel producer. Chief
agricultural products include wheat, barley, olives, and tobacco.
Tourism also is important.

military coup, proclaims Turkey's system of government as democratic,
secular, and parliamentary. The presidency's powers are not precisely
defined in practice, and the president's influence depends on his
personality and political weight.

Turkey entered NATO in 1952 and serves as the organization's vital
eastern anchor, controlling the straits leading from the Black Sea to
the Mediterranean and sharing a border with Syria, Iraq, and Iran. A
NATO headquarters is located in Izmir.

In 1945 Turkey joined the UN and became a member of NATO in 1952.
Turkey occupied the northern portion of Cyprus in 1974 to prevent a
Greek takeover of the island; relations between the two countries
remain strained.

More than 70% of Turkey's population lives in
urban areas that juxtapose Western lifestyles with more traditional
ways of life.
The Turkish state has been officially secular since 1924.
Approximately 99% of the population is Muslim.

Turkey n (Placename) a republic in W Asia and SE Europe,
between the Black Sea, the Mediterranean, and the Aegean: one of the
oldest inhabited regions of the world; the centre of the Ottoman
Empire; became a republic in 1923.

result, the architecture of Turkey is jaw-dropping to say the least.
There are ruined castles and palaces scattered across the country, but
there are also plenty of mosques as well, a testament to the country’s
Islamic roots.

modern Turkey, is one of the oldest continuously inhabited regions in
the world due to its location at the intersection of Asia and Europe.
Starting around 1200 BCE, the coast of Anatolia was settled by Aeolian
and Ionian Greeks.